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   This is Edition 4.12, January 1994, of `Debugging with GDB: the GNU
Source-Level Debugger' for GDB Version 4.14.

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File: gdb.info,  Node: Define,  Next: Hooks,  Up: Sequences

User-defined commands
=====================

   A "user-defined command" is a sequence of GDB commands to which you
assign a new name as a command.  This is done with the `define' command.

`define COMMANDNAME'
     Define a command named COMMANDNAME.  If there is already a command
     by that name, you are asked to confirm that you want to redefine
     it.

     The definition of the command is made up of other GDB command
     lines, which are given following the `define' command.  The end of
     these commands is marked by a line containing `end'.

`document COMMANDNAME'
     Give documentation to the user-defined command COMMANDNAME.  The
     command COMMANDNAME must already be defined.  This command reads
     lines of documentation just as `define' reads the lines of the
     command definition, ending with `end'.  After the `document'
     command is finished, `help' on command COMMANDNAME displays the
     documentation you have specified.

     You may use the `document' command again to change the
     documentation of a command.  Redefining the command with `define'
     does not change the documentation.

`help user-defined'
     List all user-defined commands, with the first line of the
     documentation (if any) for each.

`show user'
`show user COMMANDNAME'
     Display the GDB commands used to define COMMANDNAME (but not its
     documentation).  If no COMMANDNAME is given, display the
     definitions for all user-defined commands.

   User-defined commands do not take arguments.  When they are
executed, the commands of the definition are not printed.  An error in
any command stops execution of the user-defined command.

   Commands that would ask for confirmation if used interactively
proceed without asking when used inside a user-defined command.  Many
GDB commands that normally print messages to say what they are doing
omit the messages when used in a user-defined command.


File: gdb.info,  Node: Hooks,  Next: Command Files,  Prev: Define,  Up: Sequences

User-defined command hooks
==========================

   You may define *hooks*, which are a special kind of user-defined
command.  Whenever you run the command `foo', if the user-defined
command `hook-foo' exists, it is executed (with no arguments) before
that command.

   In addition, a pseudo-command, `stop' exists.  Defining
(`hook-stop') makes the associated commands execute every time
execution stops in your program: before breakpoint commands are run,
displays are printed, or the stack frame is printed.

   For example, to ignore `SIGALRM' signals while single-stepping, but
treat them normally during normal execution, you could define:

     define hook-stop
     handle SIGALRM nopass
     end
     
     define hook-run
     handle SIGALRM pass
     end
     
     define hook-continue
     handle SIGLARM pass
     end

   You can define a hook for any single-word command in GDB, but not
for command aliases; you should define a hook for the basic command
name, e.g.  `backtrace' rather than `bt'.  If an error occurs during
the execution of your hook, execution of GDB commands stops and GDB
issues a prompt (before the command that you actually typed had a
chance to run).

   If you try to define a hook which does not match any known command,
you get a warning from the `define' command.


File: gdb.info,  Node: Command Files,  Next: Output,  Prev: Hooks,  Up: Sequences

Command files
=============

   A command file for GDB is a file of lines that are GDB commands.
Comments (lines starting with `#') may also be included.  An empty line
in a command file does nothing; it does not mean to repeat the last
command, as it would from the terminal.

   When you start GDB, it automatically executes commands from its
"init files".  These are files named `.gdbinit'.  GDB reads the init
file (if any) in your home directory, then processes command line
options and operands, and then reads the init file (if any) in the
current working directory.  This is so the init file in your home
directory can set options (such as `set complaints') which affect the
processing of the command line options and operands.  The init files
are not executed if you use the `-nx' option; *note Choosing modes:
Mode Options..

   On some configurations of GDB, the init file is known by a different
name (these are typically environments where a specialized form of GDB
may need to coexist with other forms, hence a different name for the
specialized version's init file).  These are the environments with
special init file names:

   * VxWorks (Wind River Systems real-time OS): `.vxgdbinit'

   * OS68K (Enea Data Systems real-time OS): `.os68gdbinit'

   * ES-1800 (Ericsson Telecom AB M68000 emulator): `.esgdbinit'

   You can also request the execution of a command file with the
`source' command:

`source FILENAME'
     Execute the command file FILENAME.

   The lines in a command file are executed sequentially.  They are not
printed as they are executed.  An error in any command terminates
execution of the command file.

   Commands that would ask for confirmation if used interactively
proceed without asking when used in a command file.  Many GDB commands
that normally print messages to say what they are doing omit the
messages when called from command files.


File: gdb.info,  Node: Output,  Prev: Command Files,  Up: Sequences

Commands for controlled output
==============================

   During the execution of a command file or a user-defined command,
normal GDB output is suppressed; the only output that appears is what is
explicitly printed by the commands in the definition.  This section
describes three commands useful for generating exactly the output you
want.

`echo TEXT'
     Print TEXT.  Nonprinting characters can be included in TEXT using
     C escape sequences, such as `\n' to print a newline.  *No newline
     is printed unless you specify one.* In addition to the standard C
     escape sequences, a backslash followed by a space stands for a
     space.  This is useful for displaying a string with spaces at the
     beginning or the end, since leading and trailing spaces are
     otherwise trimmed from all arguments.  To print ` and foo = ', use
     the command `echo \ and foo = \ '.

     A backslash at the end of TEXT can be used, as in C, to continue
     the command onto subsequent lines.  For example,

          echo This is some text\n\
          which is continued\n\
          onto several lines.\n

     produces the same output as

          echo This is some text\n
          echo which is continued\n
          echo onto several lines.\n

`output EXPRESSION'
     Print the value of EXPRESSION and nothing but that value: no
     newlines, no `$NN = '.  The value is not entered in the value
     history either.  *Note Expressions: Expressions, for more
     information on expressions.

`output/FMT EXPRESSION'
     Print the value of EXPRESSION in format FMT.  You can use the same
     formats as for `print'.  *Note Output formats: Output Formats, for
     more information.

`printf STRING, EXPRESSIONS...'
     Print the values of the EXPRESSIONS under the control of STRING.
     The EXPRESSIONS are separated by commas and may be either numbers
     or pointers.  Their values are printed as specified by STRING,
     exactly as if your program were to execute the C subroutine

          printf (STRING, EXPRESSIONS...);

     For example, you can print two values in hex like this:

          printf "foo, bar-foo = 0x%x, 0x%x\n", foo, bar-foo

     The only backslash-escape sequences that you can use in the format
     string are the simple ones that consist of backslash followed by a
     letter.


File: gdb.info,  Node: Emacs,  Next: GDB Bugs,  Prev: Sequences,  Up: Top

Using GDB under GNU Emacs
*************************

   A special interface allows you to use GNU Emacs to view (and edit)
the source files for the program you are debugging with GDB.

   To use this interface, use the command `M-x gdb' in Emacs.  Give the
executable file you want to debug as an argument.  This command starts
GDB as a subprocess of Emacs, with input and output through a newly
created Emacs buffer.

   Using GDB under Emacs is just like using GDB normally except for two
things:

   * All "terminal" input and output goes through the Emacs buffer.

   This applies both to GDB commands and their output, and to the input
and output done by the program you are debugging.

   This is useful because it means that you can copy the text of
previous commands and input them again; you can even use parts of the
output in this way.

   All the facilities of Emacs' Shell mode are available for interacting
with your program.  In particular, you can send signals the usual
way--for example, `C-c C-c' for an interrupt, `C-c C-z' for a stop.

   * GDB displays source code through Emacs.

   Each time GDB displays a stack frame, Emacs automatically finds the
source file for that frame and puts an arrow (`=>') at the left margin
of the current line.  Emacs uses a separate buffer for source display,
and splits the screen to show both your GDB session and the source.

   Explicit GDB `list' or search commands still produce output as
usual, but you probably have no reason to use them from Emacs.

     *Warning:* If the directory where your program resides is not your
     current directory, it can be easy to confuse Emacs about the
     location of the source files, in which case the auxiliary display
     buffer does not appear to show your source.  GDB can find programs
     by searching your environment's `PATH' variable, so the GDB input
     and output session proceeds normally; but Emacs does not get
     enough information back from GDB to locate the source files in
     this situation.  To avoid this problem, either start GDB mode from
     the directory where your program resides, or specify an absolute
     file name when prompted for the `M-x gdb' argument.

     A similar confusion can result if you use the GDB `file' command to
     switch to debugging a program in some other location, from an
     existing GDB buffer in Emacs.

   By default, `M-x gdb' calls the program called `gdb'.  If you need
to call GDB by a different name (for example, if you keep several
configurations around, with different names) you can set the Emacs
variable `gdb-command-name'; for example,

     (setq gdb-command-name "mygdb")

(preceded by `ESC ESC', or typed in the `*scratch*' buffer, or in your
`.emacs' file) makes Emacs call the program named "`mygdb'" instead.

   In the GDB I/O buffer, you can use these special Emacs commands in
addition to the standard Shell mode commands:

`C-h m'
     Describe the features of Emacs' GDB Mode.

`M-s'
     Execute to another source line, like the GDB `step' command; also
     update the display window to show the current file and location.

`M-n'
     Execute to next source line in this function, skipping all function
     calls, like the GDB `next' command.  Then update the display window
     to show the current file and location.

`M-i'
     Execute one instruction, like the GDB `stepi' command; update
     display window accordingly.

`M-x gdb-nexti'
     Execute to next instruction, using the GDB `nexti' command; update
     display window accordingly.

`C-c C-f'
     Execute until exit from the selected stack frame, like the GDB
     `finish' command.

`M-c'
     Continue execution of your program, like the GDB `continue'
     command.

     *Warning:* In Emacs v19, this command is `C-c C-p'.

`M-u'
     Go up the number of frames indicated by the numeric argument
     (*note Numeric Arguments: (emacs)Arguments.), like the GDB `up'
     command.

     *Warning:* In Emacs v19, this command is `C-c C-u'.

`M-d'
     Go down the number of frames indicated by the numeric argument,
     like the GDB `down' command.

     *Warning:* In Emacs v19, this command is `C-c C-d'.

`C-x &'
     Read the number where the cursor is positioned, and insert it at
     the end of the GDB I/O buffer.  For example, if you wish to
     disassemble code around an address that was displayed earlier,
     type `disassemble'; then move the cursor to the address display,
     and pick up the argument for `disassemble' by typing `C-x &'.

     You can customize this further by defining elements of the list
     `gdb-print-command'; once it is defined, you can format or
     otherwise process numbers picked up by `C-x &' before they are
     inserted.  A numeric argument to `C-x &' indicates that you wish
     special formatting, and also acts as an index to pick an element
     of the list.  If the list element is a string, the number to be
     inserted is formatted using the Emacs function `format'; otherwise
     the number is passed as an argument to the corresponding list
     element.

   In any source file, the Emacs command `C-x SPC' (`gdb-break') tells
GDB to set a breakpoint on the source line point is on.

   If you accidentally delete the source-display buffer, an easy way to
get it back is to type the command `f' in the GDB buffer, to request a
frame display; when you run under Emacs, this recreates the source
buffer if necessary to show you the context of the current frame.

   The source files displayed in Emacs are in ordinary Emacs buffers
which are visiting the source files in the usual way.  You can edit the
files with these buffers if you wish; but keep in mind that GDB
communicates with Emacs in terms of line numbers.  If you add or delete
lines from the text, the line numbers that GDB knows cease to
correspond properly with the code.


File: gdb.info,  Node: GDB Bugs,  Next: Command Line Editing,  Prev: Emacs,  Up: Top

Reporting Bugs in GDB
*********************

   Your bug reports play an essential role in making GDB reliable.

   Reporting a bug may help you by bringing a solution to your problem,
or it may not.  But in any case the principal function of a bug report
is to help the entire community by making the next version of GDB work
better.  Bug reports are your contribution to the maintenance of GDB.

   In order for a bug report to serve its purpose, you must include the
information that enables us to fix the bug.

* Menu:

* Bug Criteria::                Have you found a bug?
* Bug Reporting::               How to report bugs


File: gdb.info,  Node: Bug Criteria,  Next: Bug Reporting,  Up: GDB Bugs

Have you found a bug?
=====================

   If you are not sure whether you have found a bug, here are some
guidelines:

   * If the debugger gets a fatal signal, for any input whatever, that
     is a GDB bug.  Reliable debuggers never crash.

   * If GDB produces an error message for valid input, that is a bug.

   * If GDB does not produce an error message for invalid input, that
     is a bug.  However, you should note that your idea of "invalid
     input" might be our idea of "an extension" or "support for
     traditional practice".

   * If you are an experienced user of debugging tools, your suggestions
     for improvement of GDB are welcome in any case.


File: gdb.info,  Node: Bug Reporting,  Prev: Bug Criteria,  Up: GDB Bugs

How to report bugs
==================

   A number of companies and individuals offer support for GNU products.
If you obtained GDB from a support organization, we recommend you
contact that organization first.

   You can find contact information for many support companies and
individuals in the file `etc/SERVICE' in the GNU Emacs distribution.

   In any event, we also recommend that you send bug reports for GDB to
one of these addresses:

     bug-gdb@prep.ai.mit.edu
     {ucbvax|mit-eddie|uunet}!prep.ai.mit.edu!bug-gdb

   *Do not send bug reports to `info-gdb', or to `help-gdb', or to any
newsgroups.* Most users of GDB do not want to receive bug reports.
Those that do, have arranged to receive `bug-gdb'.

   The mailing list `bug-gdb' has a newsgroup `gnu.gdb.bug' which
serves as a repeater.  The mailing list and the newsgroup carry exactly
the same messages.  Often people think of posting bug reports to the
newsgroup instead of mailing them.  This appears to work, but it has one
problem which can be crucial: a newsgroup posting often lacks a mail
path back to the sender.  Thus, if we need to ask for more information,
we may be unable to reach you.  For this reason, it is better to send
bug reports to the mailing list.

   As a last resort, send bug reports on paper to:

     GNU Debugger Bugs
     Free Software Foundation
     545 Tech Square
     Cambridge, MA 02139

   The fundamental principle of reporting bugs usefully is this:
*report all the facts*.  If you are not sure whether to state a fact or
leave it out, state it!

   Often people omit facts because they think they know what causes the
problem and assume that some details do not matter.  Thus, you might
assume that the name of the variable you use in an example does not
matter.  Well, probably it does not, but one cannot be sure.  Perhaps
the bug is a stray memory reference which happens to fetch from the
location where that name is stored in memory; perhaps, if the name were
different, the contents of that location would fool the debugger into
doing the right thing despite the bug.  Play it safe and give a
specific, complete example.  That is the easiest thing for you to do,
and the most helpful.

   Keep in mind that the purpose of a bug report is to enable us to fix
the bug if it is new to us.  It is not as important as what happens if
the bug is already known.  Therefore, always write your bug reports on
the assumption that the bug has not been reported previously.

   Sometimes people give a few sketchy facts and ask, "Does this ring a
bell?"  Those bug reports are useless, and we urge everyone to *refuse
to respond to them* except to chide the sender to report bugs properly.

   To enable us to fix the bug, you should include all these things:

   * The version of GDB.  GDB announces it if you start with no
     arguments; you can also print it at any time using `show version'.

     Without this, we will not know whether there is any point in
     looking for the bug in the current version of GDB.

   * The type of machine you are using, and the operating system name
     and version number.

   * What compiler (and its version) was used to compile GDB--e.g.
     "gcc-2.0".

   * What compiler (and its version) was used to compile the program you
     are debugging--e.g.  "gcc-2.0".

   * The command arguments you gave the compiler to compile your
     example and observe the bug.  For example, did you use `-O'?  To
     guarantee you will not omit something important, list them all.  A
     copy of the Makefile (or the output from make) is sufficient.

     If we were to try to guess the arguments, we would probably guess
     wrong and then we might not encounter the bug.

   * A complete input script, and all necessary source files, that will
     reproduce the bug.

   * A description of what behavior you observe that you believe is
     incorrect.  For example, "It gets a fatal signal."

     Of course, if the bug is that GDB gets a fatal signal, then we will
     certainly notice it.  But if the bug is incorrect output, we might
     not notice unless it is glaringly wrong.  We are human, after all.
     You might as well not give us a chance to make a mistake.

     Even if the problem you experience is a fatal signal, you should
     still say so explicitly.  Suppose something strange is going on,
     such as, your copy of GDB is out of synch, or you have encountered
     a bug in the C library on your system.  (This has happened!)  Your
     copy might crash and ours would not.  If you told us to expect a
     crash, then when ours fails to crash, we would know that the bug
     was not happening for us.  If you had not told us to expect a
     crash, then we would not be able to draw any conclusion from our
     observations.

   * If you wish to suggest changes to the GDB source, send us context
     diffs.  If you even discuss something in the GDB source, refer to
     it by context, not by line number.

     The line numbers in our development sources will not match those
     in your sources.  Your line numbers would convey no useful
     information to us.

   Here are some things that are not necessary:

   * A description of the envelope of the bug.

     Often people who encounter a bug spend a lot of time investigating
     which changes to the input file will make the bug go away and which
     changes will not affect it.

     This is often time consuming and not very useful, because the way
     we will find the bug is by running a single example under the
     debugger with breakpoints, not by pure deduction from a series of
     examples.  We recommend that you save your time for something else.

     Of course, if you can find a simpler example to report *instead*
     of the original one, that is a convenience for us.  Errors in the
     output will be easier to spot, running under the debugger will take
     less time, and so on.

     However, simplification is not vital; if you do not want to do
     this, report the bug anyway and send us the entire test case you
     used.

   * A patch for the bug.

     A patch for the bug does help us if it is a good one.  But do not
     omit the necessary information, such as the test case, on the
     assumption that a patch is all we need.  We might see problems
     with your patch and decide to fix the problem another way, or we
     might not understand it at all.

     Sometimes with a program as complicated as GDB it is very hard to
     construct an example that will make the program follow a certain
     path through the code.  If you do not send us the example, we will
     not be able to construct one, so we will not be able to verify
     that the bug is fixed.

     And if we cannot understand what bug you are trying to fix, or why
     your patch should be an improvement, we will not install it.  A
     test case will help us to understand.

   * A guess about what the bug is or what it depends on.

     Such guesses are usually wrong.  Even we cannot guess right about
     such things without first using the debugger to find the facts.


File: gdb.info,  Node: Command Line Editing,  Next: Using History Interactively,  Prev: GDB Bugs,  Up: Top

Command Line Editing
********************

   This text describes GNU's command line editing interface.

* Menu:

* Introduction and Notation::	Notation used in this text.
* Readline Interaction::	The minimum set of commands for editing a line.
* Readline Init File::		Customizing Readline from a user's view.


File: gdb.info,  Node: Introduction and Notation,  Next: Readline Interaction,  Up: Command Line Editing

Introduction to Line Editing
============================

   The following paragraphs describe the notation we use to represent
keystrokes.

   The text C-k is read as `Control-K' and describes the character
produced when the Control key is depressed and the k key is struck.

   The text M-k is read as `Meta-K' and describes the character
produced when the meta key (if you have one) is depressed, and the k
key is struck.  If you do not have a meta key, the identical keystroke
can be generated by typing ESC first, and then typing k.  Either
process is known as "metafying" the k key.

   The text M-C-k is read as `Meta-Control-k' and describes the
character produced by "metafying" C-k.

   In addition, several keys have their own names.  Specifically, DEL,
ESC, LFD, SPC, RET, and TAB all stand for themselves when seen in this
text, or in an init file (*note Readline Init File::., for more info).


File: gdb.info,  Node: Readline Interaction,  Next: Readline Init File,  Prev: Introduction and Notation,  Up: Command Line Editing

Readline Interaction
====================

   Often during an interactive session you type in a long line of text,
only to notice that the first word on the line is misspelled.  The
Readline library gives you a set of commands for manipulating the text
as you type it in, allowing you to just fix your typo, and not forcing
you to retype the majority of the line.  Using these editing commands,
you move the cursor to the place that needs correction, and delete or
insert the text of the corrections.  Then, when you are satisfied with
the line, you simply press RETURN.  You do not have to be at the end of
the line to press RETURN; the entire line is accepted regardless of the
location of the cursor within the line.

* Menu:

* Readline Bare Essentials::	The least you need to know about Readline.
* Readline Movement Commands::	Moving about the input line.
* Readline Killing Commands::	How to delete text, and how to get it back!
* Readline Arguments::		Giving numeric arguments to commands.


File: gdb.info,  Node: Readline Bare Essentials,  Next: Readline Movement Commands,  Up: Readline Interaction

Readline Bare Essentials
------------------------

   In order to enter characters into the line, simply type them.  The
typed character appears where the cursor was, and then the cursor moves
one space to the right.  If you mistype a character, you can use DEL to
back up, and delete the mistyped character.

   Sometimes you may miss typing a character that you wanted to type,
and not notice your error until you have typed several other
characters.  In that case, you can type C-b to move the cursor to the
left, and then correct your mistake.  Aftwerwards, you can move the
cursor to the right with C-f.

   When you add text in the middle of a line, you will notice that
characters to the right of the cursor get `pushed over' to make room
for the text that you have inserted.  Likewise, when you delete text
behind the cursor, characters to the right of the cursor get `pulled
back' to fill in the blank space created by the removal of the text.  A
list of the basic bare essentials for editing the text of an input line
follows.

C-b
     Move back one character.

C-f
     Move forward one character.

DEL
     Delete the character to the left of the cursor.

C-d
     Delete the character underneath the cursor.

Printing characters
     Insert itself into the line at the cursor.

C-_
     Undo the last thing that you did.  You can undo all the way back
     to an empty line.


File: gdb.info,  Node: Readline Movement Commands,  Next: Readline Killing Commands,  Prev: Readline Bare Essentials,  Up: Readline Interaction

Readline Movement Commands
--------------------------

   The above table describes the most basic possible keystrokes that
you need in order to do editing of the input line.  For your
convenience, many other commands have been added in addition to C-b,
C-f, C-d, and DEL.  Here are some commands for moving more rapidly
about the line.

C-a
     Move to the start of the line.

C-e
     Move to the end of the line.

M-f
     Move forward a word.

M-b
     Move backward a word.

C-l
     Clear the screen, reprinting the current line at the top.

   Notice how C-f moves forward a character, while M-f moves forward a
word.  It is a loose convention that control keystrokes operate on
characters while meta keystrokes operate on words.


File: gdb.info,  Node: Readline Killing Commands,  Next: Readline Arguments,  Prev: Readline Movement Commands,  Up: Readline Interaction

Readline Killing Commands
-------------------------

   "Killing" text means to delete the text from the line, but to save
it away for later use, usually by "yanking" it back into the line.  If
the description for a command says that it `kills' text, then you can
be sure that you can get the text back in a different (or the same)
place later.

   Here is the list of commands for killing text.

C-k
     Kill the text from the current cursor position to the end of the
     line.

M-d
     Kill from the cursor to the end of the current word, or if between
     words, to the end of the next word.

M-DEL
     Kill from the cursor to the start of the previous word, or if
     between words, to the start of the previous word.

C-w
     Kill from the cursor to the previous whitespace.  This is
     different than M-DEL because the word boundaries differ.

   And, here is how to "yank" the text back into the line.  Yanking is

C-y
     Yank the most recently killed text back into the buffer at the
     cursor.

M-y
     Rotate the kill-ring, and yank the new top.  You can only do this
     if the prior command is C-y or M-y.

   When you use a kill command, the text is saved in a "kill-ring".
Any number of consecutive kills save all of the killed text together, so
that when you yank it back, you get it in one clean sweep.  The kill
ring is not line specific; the text that you killed on a previously
typed line is available to be yanked back later, when you are typing
another line.


File: gdb.info,  Node: Readline Arguments,  Prev: Readline Killing Commands,  Up: Readline Interaction

Readline Arguments
------------------

   You can pass numeric arguments to Readline commands.  Sometimes the
argument acts as a repeat count, other times it is the sign of the
argument that is significant.  If you pass a negative argument to a
command which normally acts in a forward direction, that command will
act in a backward direction.  For example, to kill text back to the
start of the line, you might type M- C-k.

   The general way to pass numeric arguments to a command is to type
meta digits before the command.  If the first `digit' you type is a
minus sign (-), then the sign of the argument will be negative.  Once
you have typed one meta digit to get the argument started, you can type
the remainder of the digits, and then the command.  For example, to give
the C-d command an argument of 10, you could type M-1 0 C-d.


File: gdb.info,  Node: Readline Init File,  Prev: Readline Interaction,  Up: Command Line Editing

Readline Init File
==================

   Although the Readline library comes with a set of Emacs-like
keybindings, it is possible that you would like to use a different set
of keybindings.  You can customize programs that use Readline by putting
commands in an "init" file in your home directory.  The name of this
file is `~/.inputrc'.

   When a program which uses the Readline library starts up, the
`~/.inputrc' file is read, and the keybindings are set.

   In addition, the C-x C-r command re-reads this init file, thus
incorporating any changes that you might have made to it.

* Menu:

* Readline Init Syntax::	Syntax for the commands in `~/.inputrc'.
* Readline Vi Mode::		Switching to `vi' mode in Readline.


File: gdb.info,  Node: Readline Init Syntax,  Next: Readline Vi Mode,  Up: Readline Init File

Readline Init Syntax
--------------------

   There are only four constructs allowed in the `~/.inputrc' file:

Variable Settings
     You can change the state of a few variables in Readline.  You do
     this by using the `set' command within the init file.  Here is how
     you would specify that you wish to use Vi line editing commands:

          set editing-mode vi

     Right now, there are only a few variables which can be set; so few
     in fact, that we just iterate them here:

    `editing-mode'
          The `editing-mode' variable controls which editing mode you
          are using.  By default, GNU Readline starts up in Emacs
          editing mode, where the keystrokes are most similar to Emacs.
          This variable can either be set to `emacs' or `vi'.

    `horizontal-scroll-mode'
          This variable can either be set to `On' or `Off'.  Setting it
          to `On' means that the text of the lines that you edit will
          scroll horizontally on a single screen line when they are
          larger than the width of the screen, instead of wrapping onto
          a new screen line.  By default, this variable is set to `Off'.

    `mark-modified-lines'
          This variable when set to `On', says to display an asterisk
          (`*') at the starts of history lines which have been modified.
          This variable is off by default.

    `prefer-visible-bell'
          If this variable is set to `On' it means to use a visible
          bell if one is available, rather than simply ringing the
          terminal bell.  By default, the value is `Off'.

Key Bindings
     The syntax for controlling keybindings in the `~/.inputrc' file is
     simple.  First you have to know the name of the command that you
     want to change.  The following pages contain tables of the command
     name, the default keybinding, and a short description of what the
     command does.

     Once you know the name of the command, simply place the name of
     the key you wish to bind the command to, a colon, and then the
     name of the command on a line in the `~/.inputrc' file.  The name
     of the key can be expressed in different ways, depending on which
     is most comfortable for you.

    KEYNAME: FUNCTION-NAME or MACRO
          KEYNAME is the name of a key spelled out in English.  For
          example:
               Control-u: universal-argument
               Meta-Rubout: backward-kill-word
               Control-o: ">&output"

          In the above example, C-u is bound to the function
          `universal-argument', and C-o is bound to run the macro
          expressed on the right hand side (that is, to insert the text
          `>&output' into the line).

    "KEYSEQ": FUNCTION-NAME or MACRO
          KEYSEQ differs from KEYNAME above in that strings denoting an
          entire key sequence can be specified.  Simply place the key
          sequence in double quotes.  GNU Emacs style key escapes can
          be used, as in the following example:

               "\C-u": universal-argument
               "\C-x\C-r": re-read-init-file
               "\e[11~": "Function Key 1"

          In the above example, C-u is bound to the function
          `universal-argument' (just as it was in the first example),
          C-x C-r is bound to the function `re-read-init-file', and ESC
          [ 1 1 ~ is bound to insert the text `Function Key 1'.

* Menu:

* Commands For Moving::		Moving about the line.
* Commands For History::	Getting at previous lines.
* Commands For Text::		Commands for changing text.
* Commands For Killing::	Commands for killing and yanking.
* Numeric Arguments::		Specifying numeric arguments, repeat counts.
* Commands For Completion::	Getting Readline to do the typing for you.
* Miscellaneous Commands::	Other miscillaneous commands.


File: gdb.info,  Node: Commands For Moving,  Next: Commands For History,  Up: Readline Init Syntax

Commands For Moving
...................

`beginning-of-line (C-a)'
     Move to the start of the current line.

`end-of-line (C-e)'
     Move to the end of the line.

`forward-char (C-f)'
     Move forward a character.

`backward-char (C-b)'
     Move back a character.

`forward-word (M-f)'
     Move forward to the end of the next word.

`backward-word (M-b)'
     Move back to the start of this, or the previous, word.

`clear-screen (C-l)'
     Clear the screen leaving the current line at the top of the screen.


File: gdb.info,  Node: Commands For History,  Next: Commands For Text,  Prev: Commands For Moving,  Up: Readline Init Syntax

Commands For Manipulating The History
.....................................

`accept-line (Newline, Return)'
     Accept the line regardless of where the cursor is.  If this line is
     non-empty, add it to the history list.  If this line was a history
     line, then restore the history line to its original state.

`previous-history (C-p)'
     Move `up' through the history list.

`next-history (C-n)'
     Move `down' through the history list.

`beginning-of-history (M-<)'
     Move to the first line in the history.

`end-of-history (M->)'
     Move to the end of the input history, i.e., the line you are
     entering!

`reverse-search-history (C-r)'
     Search backward starting at the current line and moving `up'
     through the history as necessary.  This is an incremental search.

`forward-search-history (C-s)'
     Search forward starting at the current line and moving `down'
     through the the history as necessary.


File: gdb.info,  Node: Commands For Text,  Next: Commands For Killing,  Prev: Commands For History,  Up: Readline Init Syntax

Commands For Changing Text
..........................

`delete-char (C-d)'
     Delete the character under the cursor.  If the cursor is at the
     beginning of the line, and there are no characters in the line, and
     the last character typed was not C-d, then return EOF.

`backward-delete-char (Rubout)'
     Delete the character behind the cursor.  A numeric arg says to kill
     the characters instead of deleting them.

`quoted-insert (C-q, C-v)'
     Add the next character that you type to the line verbatim.  This is
     how to insert things like C-q for example.

`tab-insert (M-TAB)'
     Insert a tab character.

`self-insert (a, b, A, 1, !, ...)'
     Insert yourself.

`transpose-chars (C-t)'
     Drag the character before point forward over the character at
     point.  Point moves forward as well.  If point is at the end of
     the line, then transpose the two characters before point.
     Negative args don't work.

`transpose-words (M-t)'
     Drag the word behind the cursor past the word in front of the
     cursor moving the cursor over that word as well.

`upcase-word (M-u)'
     Uppercase all letters in the current (or following) word.  With a
     negative argument, do the previous word, but do not move point.

`downcase-word (M-l)'
     Lowercase all letters in the current (or following) word.  With a
     negative argument, do the previous word, but do not move point.

`capitalize-word (M-c)'
     Uppercase the first letter in the current (or following) word.
     With a negative argument, do the previous word, but do not move
     point.


File: gdb.info,  Node: Commands For Killing,  Next: Numeric Arguments,  Prev: Commands For Text,  Up: Readline Init Syntax

Killing And Yanking
...................

`kill-line (C-k)'
     Kill the text from the current cursor position to the end of the
     line.

`backward-kill-line ()'
     Kill backward to the beginning of the line.  This is normally
     unbound.

`kill-word (M-d)'
     Kill from the cursor to the end of the current word, or if between
     words, to the end of the next word.

`backward-kill-word (M-DEL)'
     Kill the word behind the cursor.

`unix-line-discard (C-u)'
     Do what C-u used to do in Unix line input.  We save the killed
     text on the kill-ring, though.

`unix-word-rubout (C-w)'
     Do what C-w used to do in Unix line input.  The killed text is
     saved on the kill-ring.  This is different than backward-kill-word
     because the word boundaries differ.

`yank (C-y)'
     Yank the top of the kill ring into the buffer at point.

`yank-pop (M-y)'
     Rotate the kill-ring, and yank the new top.  You can only do this
     if the prior command is yank or yank-pop.


File: gdb.info,  Node: Numeric Arguments,  Next: Commands For Completion,  Prev: Commands For Killing,  Up: Readline Init Syntax

Specifying Numeric Arguments
............................

`digit-argument (M-0, M-1, ... M--)'
     Add this digit to the argument already accumulating, or start a new
     argument.  M- starts a negative argument.

`universal-argument ()'
     Do what C-u does in emacs.  By default, this is not bound.


File: gdb.info,  Node: Commands For Completion,  Next: Miscellaneous Commands,  Prev: Numeric Arguments,  Up: Readline Init Syntax

Letting Readline Type For You
.............................

`complete (TAB)'
     Attempt to do completion on the text before point.  This is
     implementation defined.  Generally, if you are typing a filename
     argument, you can do filename completion; if you are typing a
     command, you can do command completion, if you are typing in a
     symbol to GDB, you can do symbol name completion, if you are
     typing in a variable to Bash, you can do variable name
     completion...

`possible-completions (M-?)'
     List the possible completions of the text before point.


File: gdb.info,  Node: Miscellaneous Commands,  Prev: Commands For Completion,  Up: Readline Init Syntax

Some Miscellaneous Commands
...........................

`re-read-init-file (C-x C-r)'
     Read in the contents of your `~/.inputrc' file, and incorporate
     any bindings found there.

`abort (C-g)'
     Stop running the current editing command.

`prefix-meta (ESC)'
     Make the next character that you type be metafied.  This is for
     people without a meta key.  Typing ESC f is equivalent to typing
     M-f.

`undo (C-_)'
     Incremental undo, separately remembered for each line.

`revert-line (M-r)'
     Undo all changes made to this line.  This is like typing the `undo'
     command enough times to get back to the beginning.


File: gdb.info,  Node: Readline Vi Mode,  Prev: Readline Init Syntax,  Up: Readline Init File

Readline Vi Mode
----------------

   While the Readline library does not have a full set of Vi editing
functions, it does contain enough to allow simple editing of the line.

   In order to switch interactively between Emacs and Vi editing modes,
use the command M-C-j (toggle-editing-mode).

   When you enter a line in Vi mode, you are already placed in
`insertion' mode, as if you had typed an `i'.  Pressing ESC switches
you into `edit' mode, where you can edit the text of the line with the
standard Vi movement keys, move to previous history lines with `k', and
following lines with `j', and so forth.


File: gdb.info,  Node: Using History Interactively,  Next: Renamed Commands,  Prev: Command Line Editing,  Up: Top

Using History Interactively
***************************

   This chapter describes how to use the GNU History Library
interactively, from a user's standpoint.

* Menu:

* History Interaction::		What it feels like using History as a user.


File: gdb.info,  Node: History Interaction,  Up: Using History Interactively

History Interaction
===================

   The History library provides a history expansion feature that is
similar to the history expansion in Csh.  The following text describes
the sytax that you use to manipulate the history information.

   History expansion takes place in two parts.  The first is to
determine which line from the previous history should be used during
substitution.  The second is to select portions of that line for
inclusion into the current one.  The line selected from the previous
history is called the "event", and the portions of that line that are
acted upon are called "words".  The line is broken into words in the
same fashion that the Bash shell does, so that several English (or
Unix) words surrounded by quotes are considered as one word.

* Menu:

* Event Designators::	How to specify which history line to use.
* Word Designators::	Specifying which words are of interest.
* Modifiers::		Modifying the results of susbstitution.


File: gdb.info,  Node: Event Designators,  Next: Word Designators,  Up: History Interaction

Event Designators
-----------------

   An event designator is a reference to a command line entry in the
history list.

`!'
     Start a history subsititution, except when followed by a space,
     tab, or the end of the line... = or (.

`!!'
     Refer to the previous command.  This is a synonym for `!-1'.

`!n'
     Refer to command line N.

`!-n'
     Refer to the command line N lines back.

`!string'
     Refer to the most recent command starting with STRING.

`!?string'[`?']
     Refer to the most recent command containing STRING.


File: gdb.info,  Node: Word Designators,  Next: Modifiers,  Prev: Event Designators,  Up: History Interaction

Word Designators
----------------

   A : separates the event specification from the word designator.  It
can be omitted if the word designator begins with a ^, $, * or %.
Words are numbered from the beginning of the line, with the first word
being denoted by a 0 (zero).

`0 (zero)'
     The zero'th word.  For many applications, this is the command word.

`n'
     The N'th word.

`^'
     The first argument.  that is, word 1.

`$'
     The last argument.

`%'
     The word matched by the most recent `?string?' search.

`x-y'
     A range of words; `-Y' Abbreviates `0-Y'.

`*'
     All of the words, excepting the zero'th.  This is a synonym for
     `1-$'.  It is not an error to use * if there is just one word in
     the event.  The empty string is returned in that case.


File: gdb.info,  Node: Modifiers,  Prev: Word Designators,  Up: History Interaction

Modifiers
---------

   After the optional word designator, you can add a sequence of one or
more of the following modifiers, each preceded by a :.

`#'
     The entire command line typed so far.  This means the current
     command, not the previous command, so it really isn't a word
     designator, and doesn't belong in this section.

`h'
     Remove a trailing pathname component, leaving only the head.

`r'
     Remove a trailing suffix of the form `.'SUFFIX, leaving the
     basename.

`e'
     Remove all but the suffix.

`t'
     Remove all leading  pathname  components, leaving the tail.

`p'
     Print the new command but do not execute it.


File: gdb.info,  Node: Renamed Commands,  Next: Formatting Documentation,  Prev: Using History Interactively,  Up: Top

Renamed Commands
****************

   The following commands were renamed in GDB 4, in order to make the
command set as a whole more consistent and easier to use and remember:

     OLD COMMAND               NEW COMMAND
     ---------------           -------------------------------
     add-syms                  add-symbol-file
     delete environment        unset environment
     info convenience          show convenience
     info copying              show copying
     info directories          show directories
     info editing              show commands
     info history              show values
     info targets              help target
     info values               show values
     info version              show version
     info warranty             show warranty
     set/show addressprint     set/show print address
     set/show array-max        set/show print elements
     set/show arrayprint       set/show print array
     set/show asm-demangle     set/show print asm-demangle
     set/show caution          set/show confirm
     set/show demangle         set/show print demangle
     set/show history write    set/show history save
     set/show prettyprint      set/show print pretty
     set/show screen-height    set/show height
     set/show screen-width     set/show width
     set/show sevenbit-strings set/show print sevenbit-strings
     set/show unionprint       set/show print union
     set/show vtblprint        set/show print vtbl
     
     unset                     [No longer an alias for delete]

